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Fourth Circuit Clarifies Standards for Enforcing Foreign Arbitral Awards

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In Employers’ Innovative Network v. Bridgeport Benefits, No. 24-1350 (4th Cir. July 18, 2025), Employers contracted with Bridgeport, Capital Security, Inc., and a few other parties to obtain and administer employee health...more

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Litigants in Two Major International Arbitrations Ask the Supreme Court to Review the Standard for Showing “Evident Partiality” By...

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Conflicts of interest are of great interest to law firms, prosecutors, and arbitrators. In two major international arbitrations, parties are seeking review by the United States Supreme Court of the standard that courts...more

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UK Supreme Court clarifies arbitrator’s duty of disclosure when accepting multiple appointments in related arbitrations

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The UK Supreme Court has delivered its long-awaited decision in Halliburton v Chubb1 regarding an arbitrator's duty to disclose multiple appointments in related arbitrations. In a decision of significance to the international...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

U.K. Supreme Court Confirms That Arbitrators Are Under a Legal Duty to Disclose Matters Which Would or Might Create an Appearance...

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In a landmark decision handed down on November 27, 2020, the U.K. Supreme Court has confirmed that the English law of arbitration imposes a duty on arbitrators to disclose matters which would or might lead to the conclusion...more

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Court Vacates Arbitration Award on Grounds of Evident Partiality

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City Beverages LLC, doing business as Olympic Eagle Distributing, and Monster Energy Co. entered into an agreement under which Monster had exclusive distribution rights for its products in a certain territory for 20 years....more

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English Court of Appeal Lowers the Bar for Arbitrator Disclosure

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In a recent important decision for arbitrations seated in England, the English Court of Appeal has, for the first time, considered the scope of arbitrators’ duty of disclosure. The court in Halliburton v. Chubb found that the...more

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UK Court Addresses Arbitrator’s Purported Conflict Of Interest

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A dispute arose over a project in Iraq between a British Virgin Island claimant and a Malaysian defendant with a sole Canadian QC arbitrator. The claimant’s challenge of the arbitrator’s award was based upon bias because of...more

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